scholarly journals REGULARITIES OF BAYERITE-STRUCTURED ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE FORMATION DURING PRECIPITATION

Author(s):  
Ivan I. Torlopov ◽  

Based on published data and experimental studies of formation regularities of aluminium hydroxide, a reproducible technique for synthesis of bayerite-structured aluminium hydroxide by precipitation was developed as a part of the creation of preparation technology of chromia-alumina dehydrogenation catalyst. A possibility of synthesis of high purity bayerite (above 90 wt.%) with different particle sizes depending on synthesis conditions was shown. A correlation between dispersion of the sediments and synthesis temperature was shown, the optimal precipitation temperature – which allows obtaining bayerite with a sufficiently large particle size and high purity – was found. Based on the experiments, a fundamental difference between technologies and products of precipitation by sodium hydroxide and aqueous ammonia was shown. The influence of duration of precipitation stages on the properties of sediments is analyzed from the standpoint of theory of relative supersaturation

1940 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-421
Author(s):  
J. McGavack

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to report, primarily, the particle size distribution of modified Hevea latices. In addition, the purpose is to show that the amount of nitrogen absorbed by the rubber particles in a latex thoroughly washed by aqueous ammonia depends on the surface exposed. Until the careful and complete work of Lucas (Ind. Eng. Chem. 30, 146 (1938)), there were no reliable particle size distribution data on a normal latex by which the distribution curves of modified latices could be compared. Now, as a result of his excellent technique for measuring all of the particles, even the very small ones, we are able to discuss clearly surface and volume changes when these smaller sized particles are removed. This work was so conducted as to eliminate particle sizes which could not be photographed with microscopical equipment in visible light. It was eventually carried out in such a way as to remove all water-soluble materials not adsorbed on or dissolved in the latex particles which were to be subsequently analyzed for nitrogen.


2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 1649
Author(s):  
А.М. Мурзакаев

The results of experimental studies of the erosion rate of high-purity tungsten cathodes after pulsed arc discharges in a pure oil-free ultrahigh vacuum and in gases of various purities are reported. The erosion rate in high-purity argon does not change compared to the rate of erosion of electrodes in a pure oil-free vacuum. The rate of erosion in "technical" argon is 10% less than the rate of erosion of electrodes in an oil-free vacuum. The rate of erosion in "technical" nitrogen is 15-35% less than the rate of erosion of electrodes in vacuum. Particle sizes formed in gas arcs are smaller than those formed in vacuum arcs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
Csaba Dzsinich ◽  
Péter Gloviczki ◽  
Gabriella Nagy ◽  
Klaudia Vivien Nagy

Összefoglaló. A thoracoabdominalis aortakirekesztés okozta gerincvelő ischemia súlyos neurológiai következményeit számos klinikai és kísérleti tanulmány bizonyítja. E nehezen kiszámítható, súlyos szövődmény megelőzésének érdekében régi törekvés megfelelő intra- és posztoperatív monitorizálás kifejlesztése, ami előre jelzi a gerincvelő-funkció romlását, illetve a kialakuló celluláris károsodást. A legelterjedtebb, a klinikai gyakorlatban széles körben alkalmazott megoldás a gerincvelői kiváltott motoros potenciál (MEP) folyamatos ellenőrzése. Ritkábban alkalmazott – bár ígéretes – eljárás a biokémiai változások nyomon követése, ami a sejtszintű károsodás markereit használja fel az ischemia okozta változások felismerésére. Korábbi dolgozatunkban kutyákon végzett kísérleteink azon eredményeit ismertettük, amelyekben a 60 perces thoracoabdominalis aortakirekesztés okozta neurológiai változások és a perfúzió adatainak összefüggéseit tárgyaltuk. Jelen tanulmányunkban a gerincvelői motoros (MEP) és szenzoros (SEP) kiváltott potenciálok változásait vizsgáljuk a neurológiai végállapot vonatkozásában. Megállapítottuk, hogy SEP változásai a neurológiai károsodás mértékével értékelhető összefüggést nem mutatnak. A MEP-amplitúdó és -latencia értékei biztonsággal jelzik a fenyegető gerincvelő ischemiát. A neurológiai deficit mélységét (Tarlov 2,1,0) a MEP-értékek változásai numerikusan nem értékelhetően követik. Summary. Severe neurological complications of the thoracoabdominal aortic clamping were published in numerous clinical and experimental studies. These hardly predictable, devastating consequences demanded to develop a monitoring system which might detect impending level of spinal cord ischemia in time – in order to introduce or enhance protective procedures and prevent permanent neurological deficit. The most widely used monitoring in clinical practice is the continuous surveillance of the motor evoked potentials (MEP) during and after thoracoabdominal aortic clamping. Much less used, but promising opportunity is to control the metabolic changes and cellular integrity utilizing specific markers like liquor lactate and neuron specific enolase (NSE) etc. In our earlier study we published data of our canine experiment related to coherencies between neurological outcome and specific perfusion of the spinal cord during and after one hour thoracoabdominal aortic clamping. In the present paper we investigate the behavior of motor evoked (MEP) and sensory evoked (SEP) potentials related to neurological changes. We conclude the behavior of SEP values hardly correlate with the neurologic outcome, meanwhile decrease of MEP amplitude provides reliable signal for developing spinal cord ischemia. We could not confirm a numeric correlation of these data and the level of the final neurologic outcome.


2021 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jincheng Wei ◽  
Shurui Guo ◽  
Enshen Long ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Bizhen Shu ◽  
...  

Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by it has forced many countries to adopt ‘lockdown’ measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic through social isolation of citizens. Some countries proposed universal mask wearing as a protection measure of public health to strengthen national prevention efforts and to limit the wider spread of the epidemic. In order to reveal the epidemic prevention efficacy of masks, this paper systematically evaluates the experimental studies of various masks and filter materials, summarises the general characteristics of the filtration efficiency of isolation masks with particle size, and reveals the actual efficacy of masks by combining the volume distribution characteristics of human exhaled droplets with different particle sizes and the SARS-CoV-2 virus load of nasopharynx and throat swabs from patients. The existing measured data show that the filtration efficiency of all kinds of masks for large particles and extra-large droplets is close to 100%. From the perspective of filtering the total number of pathogens discharged in the environment and protecting vulnerable individuals from breathing live viruses, the mask has a higher protective effect. If considering the weighted average filtration efficiency with different particle sizes, the filtration efficiencies of the N95 mask and the ordinary mask are 99.4% and 98.5%, respectively. The mask can avoid releasing active viruses to the environment from the source of infection, thus maximising the protection of vulnerable individuals by reducing the probability of inhaling a virus. Therefore, if the whole society strictly implements the policy of publicly wearing masks, the risk of large-scale spread of the epidemic can be greatly reduced. Compared with the overall cost of social isolation, limited personal freedoms and forced suspension of economic activities, the inconvenience for citizens caused by wearing masks is perfectly acceptable.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano Pernetti ◽  
Mauro D’Apuzzo Mauro D’Apuzzo ◽  
Francesco Galante

Vehicle speed is one of main parameters describing driver behavior and it is of paramount importance as it affects the travel safety level. Speed is, in turn, affected by several factors among which in-vehicle vibration may play a significant role. Most of speed reducing traffic calming countermeasures adopted nowadays rely on vertical vibration level perceived by drivers that is based on the dynamic interaction between the vehicle and the road roughness. On the other hand, this latter has to be carefully monitored and controlled as it is a key parameter in pavement managements systems since it influences riding comfort, pavement damage and Vehicle Operating Costs. There is therefore the need to analyse the trade-off between safety requirements and maintenance issues related to road roughness level. In this connection, experimental studies aimed at evaluating the potential of using road roughness in mitigating drivers’ speed in a controlled environment may provide added value in dealing with this issue. In this paper a new research methodology making use of a dynamic driver simulator operating at the TEST Laboratory in Naples is presented in order to investigate the relationship between the driver speed behavior on one hand, and the road roughness level, road alignment and environment, vehicle characteristics on the other. Following an initial calibration phase, preliminary results seem fairly promising since they comply with the published data derived from scientific literature.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 2728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Ushakov ◽  
Alexandra Navrotsky ◽  
Qi-Jun Hong ◽  
Axel van de Walle

Among transition metal carbides and nitrides, zirconium, and hafnium compounds are the most stable and have the highest melting temperatures. Here we review published data on phases and phase equilibria in Hf-Zr-C-N-O system, from experiment and ab initio computations with focus on rocksalt Zr and Hf carbides and nitrides, their solid solutions and oxygen solubility limits. The systematic experimental studies on phase equilibria and thermodynamics were performed mainly 40–60 years ago, mostly for binary systems of Zr and Hf with C and N. Since then, synthesis of several oxynitrides was reported in the fluorite-derivative type of structures, of orthorhombic and cubic higher nitrides Zr3N4 and Hf3N4. An ever-increasing stream of data is provided by ab initio computations, and one of the testable predictions is that the rocksalt HfC0.75N0.22 phase would have the highest known melting temperature. Experimental data on melting temperatures of hafnium carbonitrides are absent, but minimum in heat capacity and maximum in hardness were reported for Hf(C,N) solid solutions. New methods, such as electrical pulse heating and laser melting, can fill the gaps in experimental data and validate ab initio predictions.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Bhavnani ◽  
J. M. Khodadadi ◽  
J. S. Goodling ◽  
J. Waggott

Results are presented for an experimental study of fluid flow in models of gas turbine disk cavities. Experiments were performed on 70-cm-dia disks for rotational Reynolds numbers up to 2.29 × 106. Velocity and pressure distributions are presented and compared to previous theoretical and experimental studies for a free disk, and an unshrouded plane Rotor–Stator disk system. Minimum coolant flow rates for the prevention of ingress, determined for the case of a simple axial rim seal, compare well with previously published data.


1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Seghatchian ◽  
T. Barrowcliffe ◽  
M. Miller-Andersson

Adsorption of plasma by A1(OH)3 is a requirement for the two stage assay of F VIII. It is generally accepted that factors II, VII, IX and X are removed by the procedure, while factors V and VIII are unaffected. Following gel filtration of a F VIII concentrat on Sepharose 4 B F VIII:c was found in the low molecular weight area, as well as in the void volume as expected. This activity was found with both one and two stage techniques. After adsorption of the fractions with Al(OH)3 to eliminate the non F VIII procoagulant activity F VIII:c disappeared from the void volume fractions and was much reduced in the low molecular region. F VIII: R Ag was also removed from these fractions by A1(OH)3 adsorption. After adsorption of fractions in the presence of hemophilia plasma clotting activity remained in both regions suggesting the presence of true F VIII activity. Thus at concentration of 1 IU of F VIII:c per ml, a low purity preparation was unaffected by A1(OH)3 adsorption whereas both antigen and clotting activity of a high purity concentrate were conciderably reduced. Addition of 5 % albumin to the high purity preparation prevented this adsorption. It is concluded that under conditions of high purification F VIII:c can be adsorbed preferentially on A1(OH)3 and this appears to be due to removal of F VIII:R Ag.


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